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Ica… So Much Sand to Play With…
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 24 January 2011
The key bonus I can see for going on holiday around Ica and Nazca is that you will never have to worry about what to do on a rainy day. They get rain so rarely that good holidaying weather is a pretty safe bet whatever time of year you go to visit. We headed to [...]
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Nazca and the Lines – A Woozy, Dizzy Sight to Behold!
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 21 January 2011
After a two week Christmas break in South Africa it was time to get on the road again. After a brief stopover in Lima we caught the bus down to Nazca. Due to the immense difficulty in Peru of buying bus tickets, as each company has its own terminal, we decided to use one that [...]
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San Pedro de Atacama To Arequipa – Long, But Nice And Easy
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 9 June 2010
So easy that I don’t even know if a post is necessary, but it seems to be a very popular route so I suppose it’s a good idea to map it out in case anyone needs it. From San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, you can get a night bus to Arica, up near the border. [...]
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In And Around Nazca
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 25 April 2010
Nazca town is, as previously mentioned, not an amazing place to be. Apart from being dusty and not very attractive, it’s also disproportionately expensive for Peru. Sigh, and everything, but I suppose it’s just the price you have to pay to be in close proximity to the Nazca Lines. However, if you’re going to be [...]
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Sobrevuelo – The Flight Over The Nazca Lines
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 22 April 2010
Ignore anyone who, when asked what they thought of the flight over Peru’s Nazca lines, shrugs and pouts a bit, and says, with a dismissive toss of their heads, that it wasn’t such a big deal as they’d thought it would be. They’re talking absolute rubbish, and they’re the kind of people who didn’t find [...]
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The Nazca Lines - Peru
Blog: A Travel Diary from Mexico, Central and South America - 22 April 2010
We took a bus from Ica and though it was a relatively short journey it was particularly tough for me. A combination of an already dodgy stomach and a morning wine tour which included downing shots of Pisco meant I spent the journey staring out of the window at a point in the distance, breathing deeply and pondering as to what would be worse: sticking my head out of the window, or braving the festering toilet at the back which could turn even the most cast-iron of stomachs. I got through it with neither action necessary, but it was touch and go.
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Ica Wine-Tasting – Sampling The Pisco
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 16 April 2010
I have terrible taste in wine. I feel the need to get that out there right now, because I had a fantastic time wandering around Ica’s vineyards and drinking shot after shot of some of Peru’s typical wines. But the reason why this wouldn’t suit everyone is because the wine from here is sweet. Properly [...]
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Huacachina - 10 people, sand boards and a V8
Blog: A Travel Diary from Mexico, Central and South America - 15 April 2010
There is a small oasis not far from the town of Ica, Peru called Huacachina. A visit to an oasis is well worth it if you haven't experienced much desert before, but once you've seen the tranquil green lake surrounded by touristy buildings which are in turn surrounded by sand dunes, there is a way to liven things up a bit; Dune buggies!
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Dune Buggying – Huacachina
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 15 April 2010
Wooohoooooo! This, I think, may be one of the most fun things I have ever done in my life. I thought it would be exciting, but really I was mostly excited about seeing the incredible sand dunes that set off Ica and the surrounding area so nicely. I have never seen desert like this, not [...]
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Las Islas Ballestas – Sea Lions! Hundreds Of Them!
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 15 April 2010
The main reason for heading south of Lima and stopping off before you hit Nazca is to see Las Islas Ballestas, home to all the sea lions that you could possibly ever want to see. And a ton of sea birds, including penguins! What more could you want out of a boat-trip? The islands themselves [...]
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Sea lions and Penguins! - Peru
Blog: A Travel Diary from Mexico, Central and South America - 14 April 2010
Yes! Finally I can say the zoom lens I've been carrying around for the last six and a half months has paid back some of its hefty price tag. The Ballestas Islands off the coast of Peru are home to hundreds of sea lions, some penguins and more birds than you can count, and the long lens came into its own.
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Our 6 month anniversary!
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 26 February 2010
It's been a while, but I am taking a turn writing a blog post. Given that we are speeding through new cities, there is not much opportunity for me to fulfill my end of our arrangement (I cook, Dalene writes!), so I'm giving her a break to let her creative mind re-energize. Our three nights in Huacachina were exactly what the doctor ordered. After our helluva trekking trip, ugly bus ride, and Dalene's not-so-fun birthday, we arrived in our oasis,
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The Nazca Lines (and a very lucky escape)
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 12 September 2009
The last stops had brought some real ups (trekking in the Andes, sandboarding in Huacachina) and downs (the Islas Ballestas). Arriving in Nazca it seemed to me that the Nazca Lines could easily go either way, and I was in two minds as to whether to bother with flying over them or not. Eventually, I realised [...]
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Sandboarding at the oasis
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 9 September 2009
As has so often been the case on this trip, it’s the unexpected pleasures that turn out to be some of the fondest memories. Huacachina is definitely a place to fall into that category. Just south of Pisco along the Panamericana sits Ica, which is surrounded by a desert landscape with some of the world’s biggest [...]
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The Poor Man´s Galapagos
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 6 September 2009
After finishing the Huayhuash circuit, stopping in Huaraz for a shower, a beer and yet another pizza at El Horno in Huaraz (my regular post-trekking dinner of choice), it was straight onto the night bus to Lima. After spending longer than planned in the mountains, I needed to head south pretty quickly in order to [...]
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